Monthly Archives for July, 2010

CALL FOR PAPERS Creating the Child’s Voice A workshop hosted by the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women’s Writing http://www.igrs.sas.ac.uk/research/CCWW.htm at the Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies, University of London, on Friday, 28 January 2011. Deadline for submissions: 30 September 2010 Following the success of the two Launch Events on ‘Writing Childhood’ (October […]

The 32nd Annual International Conference on the Fantastic in the ArtsTheme: The Fantastic RidiculousDivision of Children’s and Young Adult Literature and Art Guest of Honor: Connie WillisGuest of Honor: Terry BissonGuest Scholar: Andrea HairstonSpecial Guest Emeritis: Brian Aldiss The 2011 ICFA welcomes paper proposals on all areas of the fantastic (including high fantasy, allegory, science […]

Reading Jacqueline Wilson This one-day conference on 20th October 2011 celebrates the work of award-winning British children’s writer Jacqueline Wilson as part of the Jacqueline Wilson Festival at the University of Central Lancashire. The conference will be preceded by a public event by Jacqueline Wilson on 19th October and Jacqueline herself will be attending some […]

Diana Brydon will be hosting a graduate student conference as the culmination of her spring seminar Topics in Local, National and Global Cultures: National and Global Imaginaries: Culture, Community, Citizenship. The conference will be held on Thursday, July 29 in 2M70. See this program for details. Immediately following the end of the graduate mini-conference there […]

Adaptation of Canonical Texts in Children’s LiteratureCall for Papers – SymposiumGhent University, Belgium20-21 January 2011 Adaptations have always played an important role in the field of children’s literature. During this symposium, we want to explore the relationship between the status of the source text and the act of adaptation, in general and more specifically in […]